Open AccessEffects of Thiamphenicol and Chloramphenicol in Inhibiting Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates
Author(s) -
P. D. Duck,
JoAnne R. Dillon,
L Eidus
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.14.5.788
Subject(s) - thiamphenicol , neisseria gonorrhoeae , chloramphenicol , microbiology and biotechnology , gonorrhea , virology , neisseriaceae , medicine , biology , antibiotics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Thiamphenicol was compared with penicillin, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol for its ability to inhibit 530 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, including 13 penicillinase-producing isolates. Thiamphenicol proved to be as active as chloramphenicol in inhibiting all of the isolates.
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